So I'm starting my own House & Techno night.........

Zascar

Hey guys,

So as I have hinted in a few other threads, I'm starting a new weekly Club Night in Dublin! Well, when I say me, it's a group of 7 of us - I was delighted to be asked to be included! We are all DJ's, all passionate about our music, a wide variance of backgrounds, but all very experienced - so we have got together to start a new weekly night of quality house, techo and Disco, and I think its going to be really great....

We are going to have a good varied mix of DJ's - starting off with a host of well known Dublin DJ's, along with ourselves, and we are also going to be bringing in International DJ's approx once a month. Quality House, Techno and also some Disco. The venue is a brand new place yet to host any proper nights - still secret for the moment but it's on the Quay's so its very central. We're just sorting out a sound system now and kitting the place out. Nearest I can compare it to is that it's kinda like McGruders - but nicer!

As we all know its a recession so it's going to be cheap in: €5 and probably €10 on International nights, with cheap drinks and further drinks promotions like free shots etc etc. And of course it goes without saying I'll have you feckers on the guestlist, for the first while anyway ! We're not in this for the money - we just want to do what we all love, create a great atmosphere and fill the place with like minded people to just have a really great time!

As soon as we have a few loose ends tied away I'll let you know more of the details, website, lineup etc, but the launch night will be on October 3rd, and we'll be running every Saturday night, so I hope to see lots of you then!

We will have some slots for new Dj's so pm me if interested, and anyone that can help promote the night we'd love to hear from you.

So stay tuned kids - and all will be revealed soon!!!

Cheers
Colly

Hamiltonion

Hey I'm a bit of a lurker here, I'd be interested in doing event photography/photoshop work for your night? Looking to build my portfolio, pm me if interested!;)

YESFESTIVAL

Best of luck with it!! Look forward to hearing more!

Fintomiginto

Sounds deadly mate, would love to do something like this meself.

Just havent got the get up and go attitude needed to do it.

Hope it goes well.

Daroxtar

Fair play to ya Colly. Hope it goes well, Good to see new blood and new faces on the clubbing promotion scene taking the initiative and doing this kind of thing. Respect:)

VinylJunkie

Fair play, great news

jonny68

Sounds good, what type of House may i ask?

Did you also mention DISCO i absolutely love Disco and always have, not just the mainstream Disco tunes, im massively into loads of underground NYC stuff.

jonny68

Also ill throw my hat into the ring if you want anyone playing Soulful/Funky House (or the obligatory old skool set on occasions);)

jimi_t

If its anyway as reckless as thomas street was I'll be delighted. Fair play for risking it during a recession

Táck

best of luck, im pretty sure the venue has been announced as per other boards but il leave it up to you. glad to see some people getting some regular gigs, mr.fields and yer wan from decks and the city too.

i really hope it lasts, but that venue has been troublesome in the past. i jsut hope its still going when i get home next year!!!

Executive Steve

Big up Colly, hope it works out for you guys - nice to see that venue back in action, used to go there a fair bit back in the Soul 28 days.

I'll definitely try and make it down to at least one of the nights anyway!

milltown

Fair play Colly, best of luck with it.
Look forward to hearing more details and having a look see when it's up and running. I haven't a notion where it is so I'll reserve judgement.

Zascar

Cheers lads! Thanks for your support, can't wait for the launch, should be good fun and hope to see mnay of you down there.

I was going to wait until a few little things on the website is finished, but sure feck it: www.laundrydublin.com

The Venue, as Tyranny said used to be called "Soul 28" but is now under new management and it called "The Pint" - its on Eden Quay, just over O'Connell Bridge down towards Liberty Hall. It's just like a nice old man pub downstairs but we all fell in love with it's charm - upstairs it has a pretty cool function room type thing, very long with seating at the back and a bar in the middle, with a low ceiling, and up the front the roof opens up and there is a big stage where the decks, Dj's and dancing girls will be

Tack don't worry there will not be any trouble, we'll have tight security - pus one of the lads used to run a night in the Metropolitan for ages which is right beside it, and he never had any trouble. We have a few heads from PowerFM involved as well as a few others who have run nights in the past and been very involved in the Dublin club scene, and some fresh faces too.

Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to get involved. Hamiltinion I'd be very interested in your help, I do a bit of photography myself and want to put some good photos up on the site for each night too.

So, just over 2 weeks now, can't wait!

VinylJunkie

Nice Lineup for the first month

Zascar

Cool, glad you like it! We will be actively looking for DJ talent in the coming months so anyone interested email info@laundrydublin.com - send in a mix and a bio and we'll do our best to get back to you!

jtsuited

great stuff colly!!
You're a guy with a great head on your shoulders so it's great to see you focus your energies on your love of music.

Best of luck with this and hope it becomes as successful as I think it's going to be (which is very successful).

MikeHoncho

Looks fantastic. Will be sure to drag a few mates along.

Zascar

Oh and guys the facebook account is http://www.facebook.com/laundrydublin so if you can all add us as a friend so you can keep up to date on what's happening etc - and if you can suggest all your friends who might be interested as well that would be great!

acman

Good stuff Zascar! Best of luck with the new project, will be sure to check it out!

joker77

Good stuff Colly - hope this goes well and will be spreading the word

Will get back to you with a club mix

BaZmO*

Fairplay Colly! I'll definitely be along some night.

Why "Laundry"?

I'm guessing it used to be a Laundry? Ha

Zascar

The concept of the name was dreamed up by one of the crew - Claire Roche. We just wanted something fresh and different to the standard club night names are all familiar with. The theme will follow into the night too, something different and fun - more than just a dark room with some speakers!

BaZmO*

Cool. The website kinda reminds me of an old mix album that I used to love.



kinda....

Zascar

hahah cool! We are going to have someone doing graphics/visuals on projectors etc so stuff like this would work really well!

KevIRL

Clubbing forum imo.

Shocking abuse of mod powers tbh.

EDIT - to include smiley face in case anyone thought I was serious

Going by Colly's PM he obv did. Thanks man, you've cheered me up with that.

Zascar

LOL!

All in the name of shameless promotion - which for regular members I have no problem with!

BaZmO*

Zascar wrote: »

hahah cool! We are going to have someone doing graphics/visuals on projectors etc so stuff like this would work really well!

Well I do charge a consultancy fee.......but a guestlist addition will do too!

A p1sstake of the Levi's ad would be cool too.




And LOL at taking Kev seriously!

KevIRL

All the best with this my good man. Will defo try and get up for a binge at some stage

D Audio Tripper

Well done, best of luck!

A proper new night is well overdue
I'll send you some pics Sean

VinylJunkie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63BF-KQ5weU

jonny68

VinylJunkie wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63BF-KQ5weU

mmmm nice

jonny68

And fair play as well for keeping the entrance fee for punters to an absolute minimum as well,that is to be admired.:)

R.Shackleford

cant wait!! best of luck!!

electrogrimey

Sounds great, can't think of any regular rival nights on a Saturday, Spy/Wax have international dj nights on Saturdays about once in a blue moon, and it's not the best venue anyway, Colourtv is usually a Friday right? Clampdown seems to be all over the place at the moment too, so I'd say you've definitely hit a gap in the market. What kinda techno will it be? Like a few artist names?

Zascar

Cool thanks man! Yea we really hope to turn this into something special, we are working hard on it, its not just another random night trying its luck! If you Please the Punters - it will be a success - so any thought or suggestions, please let me know!

http://www.laundrydublin.com/music - has some details on the type of music you can expect!

Re Internationals, we are a small setup so we have a limited budget - so we're not going to be bringing in Villalobos just yet - focusing on smaller but well respected producers. Any suggestions you have for Internationals you'd like to see, please let us know and I'll certainly make the suggestions and see what the crew thinks.

Zascar

Actually, one question: If anyone had any smart or innovative ideas on good ways to promote the night and get media coverage etc, please let me know. Anyone who has done this sort of thing before, what works and what does not?

Daroxtar

Zascar wrote: »

Actually, one question: If anyone had any smart or innovative ideas on good ways to promote the night and get media coverage etc, please let me know. Anyone who has done this sort of thing before, what works and what does not?

Naked girls and free beer works everytime

Zascar

Considered both but there are laws around it unfortunately.

Actaully trying to attract girls to a techno night is tricky that is one thing that has to be explored.

Free beer: well I can promise very cheap drinks (I'll get back to you on exact prices/deals) and I do have one nice deal so I should have plenty of free shots to give out!

D Audio Tripper

Zascar wrote: »

Re Internationals, we are a small setup so we have a limited budget - so we're not going to be bringing in Villalobos just yet - focusing on smaller but well respected producers. Any suggestions you have for Internationals you'd like to see, please let us know and I'll certainly make the suggestions and see what the crew thinks.

'Raresh' could be someone to think about, he played wax a while back so I'd imagine he'd be within budget, blew the roof off too I might add!!
By the way what's the capacity of the club?

jimi_t

Zascar wrote: »

Re Internationals, we are a small setup so we have a limited budget - so we're not going to be bringing in Villalobos just yet - focusing on smaller but well respected producers. Any suggestions you have for Internationals you'd like to see, please let us know and I'll certainly make the suggestions and see what the crew thinks.

Someone from Border Community would be nice

FLYNN-DOG

Lemos, doP, SIS, Tim Green, Gel Abril, Stimming - just some artist I'd like to see play Dublin!

Zascar

Cool thanks for the suggestions, keep em coming!

Cheers to those who have got in contact offering to help - if anyone else can please send me a pm - especially looking for anyone who knows how to get press coverage etc
Cheers!

jtsuited

Seconding Gel Abril.

Also from what I hear Matthias Tanzmann was awesome the last time he was in Dublin (and they had to close the doors at around midnight the place was so packed or so I hear).

Dominik Eulberg, Stephan Bodzin, etc.,
Oh and local heroes Sian and Donnacha Costello (support local art and all that....and the fact they're deadly).

Martin Buttrich, Betoko, Chymera (local hero again, although he's from cork).

And of course Blackout Crew, Deadmau5, Tiesto, and a hardcore breaks night.

jtsuited

oh and one of the best dj's I've ever seen : Cassy Britton (opened for Sven Vath at Cocoon two weeks ago). She's a girl dj so might be a little bit of help getting the wimmins into techno.

Word of advice, if you're going to book international guests, make sure they're well known enough to jam the place. Otherwise you are leaving yourself open to losing the shirt off your back.

While there might be a few geeks like ourselves mad into an artist, you book them without researching how well known they actually are, and you'll suddenly have a very very very expensive boards beers night.

Zascar

Liking all those name and they have come up but you'd be shocked at the money some of these guys are charging. But definitely aiming towards those types in time. Totally agree with what you are saying in your second message there, but its amazing how anyone even barely well known thinks they are tiesto and want mad money. You need to hunt for well respected people willing to play for normaly money.

Donnacha Costello etc will definitely be on the cards methinks - what other Irish acts would you like to see?

VinylJunkie

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Zascar

VinylJunkie wrote: »

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thirtythirty

I see Lil Dave is playing on the 24th of Oct - I'll try and rustle up a crew for that date.

One or two of my mates play the odd spot in Button Factory and the Pepper, i'll have an ask - one of them works for bodytonic (www.bodytonicmusic.com) so i'll ask if they could maybe give a news space. Not promising anything though!

jtsuited

Zascar wrote: »

Liking all those name and they have come up but you'd be shocked at the money some of these guys are charging. But definitely aiming towards those types in time. Totally agree with what you are saying in your second message there, but its amazing how anyone even barely well known thinks they are tiesto and want mad money. You need to hunt for well respected people willing to play for normaly money.

Donnacha Costello etc will definitely be on the cards methinks - what other Irish acts would you like to see?

ah tbh, it's not really a case of 'they want mad money'. The dj booking world is a fairly efficient market system, and the agencies know what they're at. There are plenty of dj's who wouldn't fill a 35 person capacity old man's pub in Dublin and can easily get 500 - 1000 people into a club on the continent or Japan etc., and the market is going to be priced accordingly.

Sh1te thing in Ireland is the venues are small so it's very difficult to get the numbers right.

Of the guys who 'think they're Tiesto' (i know what you mean here, I'm not taking the piss), I'm presuming their schedules are fairly full up (if they're not, try negotiate with their agency). Which means they're being priced accordingly by their agents.

One thing I've learned in my short time in this game, is that despite the 'underground' facade, dance music is a massive massive industry when it comes to DJ bookings.

Zascar

Yep absolutely. It's very interesting alright, I'm not in charge of it myself but its fun watching it all happen. Jeff I think you'll like our first International booking, should be announced soon.

Executive Steve

Zascar wrote: »

Tack don't worry there will not be any trouble, we'll have tight security

I think what he meant was more along the lines of trouble with the management really - Soul 28 certainly had more of it's fair share of that!